Baleba for me, when Steele passes to him, if he turns he’s got acres to run into. He’ll learn but he should have had that mental picture, instead he plays back to Barco who’s too young to realise it needed a hoof at that point.
No. I think they will think there were opportunities to have overperformed / overachieved but we haven't taken them. Plenty of moments we could have progressed in cups, or had a few more points - but that doesn't equal underperformance. I'd find it hard with the squad we have that a season spent...
When you say learn from Poyet, I think we did, but not in the sense of things said to the media. I think what TB learned from Poyet was that if you give a manager everything they want, control over transfers, who is sold, who is bought etc. etc. and they fail to deliver but take no...
Because Chelsea courted him, his form dipped and the manager decided to pick another player in his place.
RDZ still picked RS, and he still got the Wembley semi-final, clearly a player RDZ still wanted around. Amazing the narratives that come out.
I can’t get my head around your expectations if you’re seeing this season as underachieving.
Must be record numbers of teenagers being used and minutes they’ve chalked up, sometimes our key player needing to play right back.
Huge credit goes to the coaching staff for making you believe kids...
I’ve never got too worked up about what managers say in press conferences. I’ll leave whether he’s offended Tony or not to Tony, I’m pretty sure he has a handle on things.
With flair, passion and a sprinkle of genius comes a bit of volatility. As fans just got to roll with it a bit. We are an...